‘One of the worst police departments in the country’: Reign of brutality brings a reckoning in Springfield

Read this article: ‘One of the worst police departments in the country’: Reign of brutality brings a reckoning in Springfield. Springfield, Massachusetts is incapable of holding its police officers accountable. Police officer Jefferson Petrie has admitted to sufficient facts in a criminal case alleging he assaulted our client, Jerry Bellamy, while on duty, yet the police department determined he did not violate any rules. He is required by the criminal court to attend an anger management program, but he continues to work.